Ten Reasons to Write Well, Not Good

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Ten Reasons to Write Well, Not Good

Written by Jason Boom on March 7, 2008 – 4:22 pm

Learn a valuable skill. In a world where Microsoft Word automatically capitalizes our lowercase i and changes glaring typos with a right click, quality writing skills have become a rarity. Use your newfound writing skills to market yourself to employers, show off exemplary articles on a blog, or just polish your Myspace profile. In the end, readers will appreciate your efforts. Also, money will rain down on you. Trust me.
Invalidate grammar Nazis. It’s not a quiet secret that those with writing prowess also tend to know their way around grammar rules. With grammar skills you can call out the grammar Nazis in the comment sections of your favorite blogs. You can uncloak them, revealing them to be the vulnerable, insecure critic you knew them to be.
Have advertisers pay you for a review. Do you own a blog? By writing well, you can earn serious loot by writing about services. We’re not talking about adult content, either. This is strictly on the up-and-up (whatever that means).
Guest post on a popular blog. A-List Bloggers have one thing in common — giant RSS subscription numbers. If you write well, you may receive an email requesting you write a post for them. Even the big guys network, right? Hey, it could happen!
Write scathing responses to popular posts. It should be no secret that certain blogs have their finger on the pulse of the media. Well, take your own finger and stop the blood from pumping. Push hard enough with the right content and you might see a traffic spike higher than what the “Leave Britney Alone” video produced.
Twitter with the best of them. You can’t spell Twitter without “wit”. Write witty tweets and you’re sure to gain followers, and eventually you’ll rule the blogosphere (twittosphere?).
Drive traffic to your site through SEO writing. Earn money from your superior use of words. Create pages of content to wow the search engines. Learn SEO tricks and become number one in Google SERP’s for phrases like “candy butter driveshaft”.
Write impressive recommendations and reviews. Most bloggers love to read reviews of their site. But if the review reads, “He’s got the l33t blog. I love the contents” it loses its appeal. Shine up your reviews until they glow. (As a rule, content refers to all posts in a blog — there is no need for an S on the end.)
Comment with authority. A well spoken comment will gain the respect of blog owners and other readers. Do it consistently on popular blogs and watch your RSS subscription numbers climb.
Write impressive top ten lists. A top ten list with misspellings just doesn’t bode well for your Late Night blogging style success. Learn to write well, not good, and Diggers, Sphinners, and other social media junkies will love you.

7 Comments to “Ten Reasons to Write Well, Not Good”

Jeff - buzzmyblog.com Says:
March 8th, 2008 at 9:31 am
One of the BEST blog post titles ever! You done good Jason.

Sean Hodge Says:
March 9th, 2008 at 10:24 am

Hey Jason,

The grammar points are important. I got called out by the grammar nazis on a post I wrote recently for Smashing Magazine. I should have done an extra round of editing looking for simple mistakes. I don’t have MS word currently. It might have actually found some of the errors. Creating a Succesful Portfolio.

It did bring over 100 subscribers to my site AiBURN though. Guest blogging for popular blogs is really helpful with driving traffic.

Good article and good points. Thanks. Now I just have to get back to writing on Blog Elephant. I took a hiatus to focus on my design blog. I’ll be back this week though. Thx.

Jason Boom Says:
March 9th, 2008 at 11:44 am

Hi Sean,

The portfolio article you wrote there was a massive undertaking. I’m glad you received a 100 new subscribers for it. You deserved it.

I wondered what happened to Blog Elephant…hadn’t seen any new articles in a while. Keep up the good work, man.

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